[hipaatwo]

Other black Democrats I spoke with Friday agreed with Leggette, but they are
willing to take their disenchantment further. Some were among the 300 guests
who attended the "African-Americans for Talent" soiree in July. Charles
Kirkwood, owner of Midwestern Construction & Development in the city, plans to
jump party lines in the upcoming election.

[Suzy Quzy]

WOW!! Nice to see blacks escaping from the Democrat Plantation!!! Democrat policies have RUINED their lives!!

[Disambiguator]

"At one time, Democrats were a solution for us."

Really? How?

The Democrats have been the party of racism and poverty for blacks since the mid-1800s.

It's amazing to me how they have been brainwashed about it.

[Kimmers]

I hope this will encourage the black community to lift up better leadership and start ignoring the rants and raves of self proclaimed leaders such as Jesse Jackson.

[MarkL]

Dems don't take black votes for granted. They do all they can to keep as many people dependant on government as possible, and then tell them to vote for dems, since they're the ones who will give them "stuff."

The last thing they want to do is help people get out of a rut and start doing for themselves. Independant people don't vote for dems.

Mark

[upchuck]

I'll bet that Bill Cosby has felt like he was a voice crying in the wilderness. Maybe this will make him feel better.

[FormerACLUmember]

"At one time, Democrats were a solution for us."

Really? When was that? On WHAT planet have these folks been living for 180 years?

[hipaatwo]

Ping a ling

[Cicero]

I think there may be two reasons why blacks may be disillusioned with the Democrats.

1. The Democrats are too concerned about trendy, academic ideological matters--things like pacificism, abortion, and gay rights--to bother about helping blacks with the bread and butter issues that concern them.

2. The Democrats haven't been sending much gravy their way recently.

Let's hope it's more of the first motive and less of the second. But this lady sounds like it's lack of gravy that disturbs her.

[butternut_squash_bisque]

"...criticized the president for letting poor and
black people die in New Orleans. That didn't cut it for Leggette...."

The woman's a moron and idiot.

[tflabo]

National Black Republican Association

http://www.nationalblackrepublicans.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=pages.aboutnbra&x=819384

[tflabo]

There is a dream I have mixed in with a prayer. That Black Americans will flock into the Republican Party and infuse it with new energy, vision, purpose and thrive within the foundations of conservatism in the pursuit of truth and freedoms. The Judao-Christian principles that made this country great are under assault and we need to band together and unite to preserve the freedoms within it's framework. Otherwise we will be ruled over by godless miserable tyrants. Black Americans who discover their powerful conservative roots will have tremendous favor and opportunities in the Republican Party and a truly free America.

[Names Ash Housewares]

A drip, a trickle, a stream.

When these Americans put more faith in themselves then pandering racist liberals, it will become a flood.

[CFC__VRWC]

Sorry, but I've heard this line of patter too many times. For every election cycle I can remember, blacks whine about how the democrat party takes them for granted, talk about how they're going to look at candidates from other parties, the Dim pays them a visit and tells them that the GOP candidate will repeal the 13th Amendment if they vote for him, and then when election day comes, 90-plus percent of them vote democrat.

It doesn't matter what the Dims do or say; they can even keep sending back to the Senate a senile old Klansman who dropped the n-word multiple times on national TV. And still, 90+ percent of the blacks in WV will pull the lever for the Klansman, because of that letter "D". And then they wonder why the Dims take them for granted.

[fieldmarshaldj]

I believe that Talent's seatmate, Kit Bond, got somewhere near 25% of the Black vote in his contest against State AG Jay Nixon in '98 after his shameful race-baiting tactics. I don't know what he received in '04, but he won by a wide (for him) 11% margin, so he must've received a respectable percent. If Talent manages a similar margin of Black voters, he'll blow McCaskill clean out of the water.

[demsux]

mark for later

[jmaroneps37]

"At one time, Democrats were a solution
for us. I don't know when that changed or why that changed, but it
has," Leggette told me.
She has no intention of voting for McCaskill's Republican rival, U.S. Sen. Jim Talent.
"
This is the classic road to conversion for hardcore Democrats.
First they question what the rat stands for and why he has not delivered on his promises. This eventually leads to staying home or voting third party when such choice is available. They are NOT ready to vote Republican. This lasts usually for one or two cycles.


Second they go to the polls only if there is a third party to vote for. The enthusiasm is gone. This lasts two maybe three cycles.


Third they hold their nose and vote for some Republicans and out of guilt, some Democrats. This lasts one or two cycles.

Fourth they vote Republican because they have conscientiously, or not, tracked Republicans and need their own reasons for voting GOP. They find those reasons, realize they were there all along and become Republicans.


As you can see it is an eight to twelve year process, but once it starts it is hard to stop. With the political "crimes " the rat continually commits against Blacks there is no reason to think it will stop for those who have started down the road to the GOP.

[TravisBickle]

Democrats raise millions for major campaigns that rarely trickle down to neighborhood committees, like Leggette's, charged with getting blacks to the polls, she said. It's a "frustrating" experience, complicated by "clueless" leadership and blacks seeking personal gain.

Most likely the truest statement ever inadvertently written by Sylvester Brown.